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Synod Journey Blog
Our thoughts along the synod road.


Proclaiming the Truth!
What exactly is Lay Ecclesial Ministry and what do we, as Church, need to do with it in light of synodality?
Jean Hawley
Oct 29, 20247 min read
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Something is Crooked...so Acknowledge the Discontent!
There's something "off" in my understanding and experience of Lay Ecclesial Ministry.
Jean Hawley
Oct 22, 20244 min read
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How Do We Get There from Here?
Which pathways will you choose as you begin the shift to a more synodal Church? The IL has 4 to choose from.
Debbie Stollery
Sep 19, 20245 min read
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Let us create them in our image
If we're created in God's image and imbued with God's Spirit, what does that mean for how we are the Church?
Debbie Stollery
Aug 2, 20247 min read
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Discernment: A spiritual practice for a synodal Church
What does God want? How are we supposed to figure that out? Discernment...a contemplative practice.
Debbie Stollery
Jul 25, 20247 min read
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Listening to the Holy Spirit: A synodal spiritual practice
Listening to the Holy Spirit takes preparation. Read on to see what the delegates and documents tell us!
Debbie Stollery
Jul 5, 20246 min read
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Choose Now!
It's the last Friday of Lent. Today's Scriptures introduce us to the notion of standing firm in what God wants, even when we don't...
Debbie Stollery
Mar 22, 20243 min read
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Keeping One Another's Silence
“To pray means to change,” Douglas V. Steere writes in his foreword to Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Prayer. I would amend this to say...
pentecostvigilproj
Jan 16, 20244 min read
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The Spirit is at Work!
When Pope Francis announced a “Synod on the Synod,” I volunteered to be one of the facilitators/note takers for listening sessions. I had...
pentecostvigilproj
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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The Ear of Christ
We are delighted to wecome our fourth guest blogger, Michael Centore. Michael is a new friend of the Pentecost Vigil Project and...
pentecostvigilproj
May 5, 20236 min read
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Seek First the Kingdom... through Discernment
We are very excited to welcome our first guest blogger, PVP Leaderhip Team member Dana Hlusko, who has been working with her parish...
pentecostvigilproj
Mar 31, 20237 min read
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Ready...Set...Go work on your spirit!
Have you ever been asked to do something and immediately said, “No!”? When asked why, all you can muster is something about being too...
pentecostvigilproj
Mar 24, 20235 min read
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Who Cares How we Decide?
Synodality is a mindset, a viewpoint, a principle and a practice. As a result, to unleash the Spirit of Synodality requires some time...
pentecostvigilproj
Mar 10, 20234 min read
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Part II of "Now What?" Look inward!
Here’s what I’m reading and hearing from those trying to hold onto the hope and energy of the first steps in the Synod on Synodality:...
pentecostvigilproj
Mar 3, 20235 min read
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And now what? Practice!
Lent has begun. Now is the acceptable time to turn more intentionally toward the Lord, to be more readily conformed to his image, to...
pentecostvigilproj
Feb 24, 20234 min read
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Let me introduce you....
As we continue to explore Foundations for Synodality, this blog concentrates on discernment in common, which is distinct from individual...
pentecostvigilproj
Feb 17, 20234 min read
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Discernment's Origins
I’ve been a Catholic since 1988. I’ve been in service to the Church in one way or another since 1992. Like many of you, I am an ongoing...
pentecostvigilproj
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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Do you know what this means?
Define your terms. Remember that from science class in about the 7th grade? It’s the idea that we need to all understand what we mean...
pentecostvigilproj
Feb 3, 20234 min read
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Trustworthiness and Synodality
When the Pentecost Vigil Project was being born, Pat (the co-founder) and I were talking about the whole exciting enterprise, about being...
pentecostvigilproj
Jan 26, 202310 min read
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